The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-04

and nation In this respect indeed be out
Englished even his countrymen.
Like his father Robert Edgerly was inter
ested in what he saw at Lnwood. though not
perhaps in precisely the same matters. I'm
ike his father, however, he fingered ON In
Iinwood for weeks. Then he went away
and came hack. In truth Brownie fascinated
him more than be was willing to admit to
| himself
DE was not popular in Linwood, however,
as Mr.. Wabbnobbs had been before him
The villagers resented his naughty, re
served ways He made it 50 extremely plain
to them that in his opinion the @laboring
| CLASSES could not by any possibility be
gentle folk He did not take any pains to
make show of this opinion 1t Just bub-
bled out Of itself. Shirley did not ike IL
These young working people used 10 be
pupils of mine at school, she told him II
taught them that if man Is really gentle
man he viii lie a gentleman whether his
hands are white or brown. Look at the girls
in Linwood church on a Sunday. See IT,
from their dress, their speech or their man.
ner, you can tell which young woman works
for living and which does NOT .
~Ah, L dare say. replied young Edgerly.
ianguldly, 4 suppose you'll be telling me next
that American gentlemen black their own
boots, I've heard that said since I've been in
this country" continued the youth.
well, they do-when they can't help it,n
answered Brownie. My brothers black their
shoes; 50 do l mine, il I can't get out of il.
But I'm free 10 say don't like itn
We'll, l am free to say that wouldn't live
in country where had to black my own
Shoes
You might do worse,n said Brownie.
He looked into her ewes
do you think sof' he said, in low voice.
Brownie flushed family. but did not
answer
He kept ON teasing.
"You maynt believe it, he went on, abut
American ladies impress an Englishman verv
oddly I've heard Young ladies in this coun-
try take part in argument, and express
their opinions as freely as if they could posi-
bly, know anything about it Now, in Eng
land properly brought up girl listens but
does not talk in general society Women
there defer to the opinions of men. and Yield,
as a matter of course, 10 their superior judg-
ment
Il know one woman like that-just one.r
answered Brownie in a very solemn tone
"Sse deferred always TO mems opinions and
yielded TO their superior Judgment
And where is she nowl~
"Shes dead
We will peep over Robert EdgerIy's shoul-
der, and read part of a letter he wrote to his
father that night There was such fullness
of confidence between them that they were
together more like brothers than like father
and son. Indeed, in some ways the father
was the more boyish of the two Robert Ed
gerly wrote:
"MY DEAR PArER-rm at Linwood. the
home of the adorable sisters They're all
you painted them, and more. | dont't won
der you bow down and worship the elder one.
All the world must, l think The younger
one is a little witch She is the only Ameri-
can girl / ever saw who doesn't bite her lips
They are very pretty, these women in the
states, but they have habit of biting their
lips and stretching their mouths incessantly
which is not pleasant Eight women out of
every ten whom you meet in the streets of an
American city viii be biting their lips 1t is
singular. | have memorandum OF il in my
book. The adorable sisters, however, are
very good form. i quite approve of your
taste
"No more does the little one saw real nice
time thanks TO the influence and example Of
her Incompatible elder sister. l wrote YOU
that if l could find AN American girl who
didn't say real nice time / would marry
her. What do you sayl7
To which the pater wrote in answer:
"MY DEAR SON-I don't believe she would
have you. If it was only your father, nowln
But long before that, Brownie, with her
merry spirits and pretty, dainty, brdlike
ways, had the English youth completely en-
tangled in her silken net In short, he was
as blindly and as hopelessly gone as ever n
tall, honest, soft hearted young fellow was
in a first love, since the world began.